DeveloperWiki:KDE

Packagers

Plan

1. check for new/removed dependencies
2. check for new/removed sub modules
   1. check if we should probably add some replaces
3. recheck kde-meta
4. review build logs
5. review namcap logs
6. check packages which are not part of KDE SC but depend on it
7. check packages which depends on split libraries

Packages

• kdeaccessibility-kmag (miss libkdeaccessibilityclient, it hasn't a stable release)
• kdebindings-kimono (miss soprano, nepomuk, akonadi bindings)
• kdebindings-kross (miss falcon)
• kdebindings-perlkde (miss akonadi)
• kdebindings-smokekde (miss akonadi)
• kdeedu-kstars (miss xplanet)
• kdeedu-marble (miss libwlocate, it hasn't a stable release)
• kdenetwork (miss XMSS, libmeanwhile, msilbc)
• kdepim-runtime (miss kolab)

Todo / Notes

common tasks

• change url to application homepage (e.g. http://kde.org/applications/utilities/ark/ or https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdemultimedia/libkcddb instead of just kde.org)
• check this Bug report: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189465
• update KDE and KDE Packages

packages to be removed

• kdeartwork-aurorae
• print-manager
• kdegames

packages to move with KDE

• akonadi

Packaging

Known issues

• the screen locker shows a white wallpaper when kde-wallpapers isn't installed

If any problem occurs try a new user or (re)move ~/.kde4 /tmp/kde-* /var/tmp/kdecache-*

Changes from 4.9

New packages

• nepomuk-widgets
• kdegames-picmi
• kdeutils-print-manager
• kdeplasma-addons-runners-dictionary
• kdeplasma-addons-wallpapers-qmlwallpapers
• libkdegames
• libkmahjongg

Removed packages

• kdeartwork-aurorae
• kdegames-libkdegames
• kdegames-libkmahjongg

soname bump

• libkipi.so.9 -> libkipi.so.10
• libkdcraw.so.21 -> libkdcraw.so.22

Broken packages which are not part of KDE SC

• digikam (needs a rebuild)
• kipi-plugins (needs a rebuild)
• calligra-krita (needs a rebuild)